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2m / 70cm | VHF/UHF Transceiver | 5 W
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
High performance Shortwave receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps ? 5 / 6.25 / 12.5 kHz 1 / 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 10 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 100-995 MHz 29-54 / 108-174 / 406-512 MHz 0.05-30 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   AM   FM   AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   ISB  
Sensitivity ? 25.0 MHz 0.5V
40.8 MHz 0.3V
49.9 MHz 0.3V
118.8 MHz 0.5V
127.2 MHz 0.5V
135.5 MHz 0.5V
138.2 MHz 0.4V
162.4 MHz 0.4V
173.2 MHz 0.4V
406.9 MHz 0.4V
453.3 MHz 0.4V
511.9 MHz 0.4V
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Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? 0.3 / 1 / 3.2 / 6 / 16 kHz
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 490 mW ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-148 / 440-450 MHz - -
Modulations FM   - -
RF-output High: 5/5 W (depending on voltage), Low 3: 3.5 W, Low 2: 1.5 W, Low 1: 0.5, El: 15 mW ? ?

Connections

Antenna BNC BNC BNC
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 7.2-12V DC 2.4/3V DC (2xAA), 6V DC Mains
Current RX 15-150 mA 310 mW max ?
TX Max 2.4 A - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1992 and 199x Between 2004 and 198x Between 198x and 199x in USA
Dimensions 57 × 169 × 32 mm
(2.24 × 6.65 × 1.26 in)
70 × 114 × 44 mm
(2.76 × 4.49 × 1.73 in)
483 × 133 × 493 mm
(19.02 × 5.24 × 19.41 in)
Weight 440 gr (15.5 oz) depending on battery type 165 gr (5.8 oz) 15.75 kg (34.7 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Handheld Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 100 channels in 10 bank(s) @ 50 channels/second None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication
Features CTCSS. Keyboard. Cross band repeater function. Twin RX Limit search
Service Search
Keypad lock
LCD light
Close Call
Battery recharge
Audio and RF/IF
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ICOM-IC-W000021AT UNIDEN-BEARCAT-BC000072XLT WATKINS-JOHNSON-WJ-008718-2